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Genetic alterations of WWOX in Wilms' tumor are involved in its carcinogenesis

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    • Elżbieta Płuciennik
    • Magdalena Nowakowska
    • Wioletta I. Wujcicka
    • Anna Sitkiewicz
    • Bernarda Kazanowska
    • Elżbieta Zielińska
    • Andrzej K. Bednarek
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    Affiliations: Department of Molecular Cancerogenesis, Medical University of Lodz, 90-752 Lodz, Poland, Department of Pediatric Surgery and Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, 91-738 Lodz, Poland, Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Pediatric Oncology, and Hematology, University of Medicine, 50-345 Wroclaw, Poland, Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Medical University of Lodz, 91-738 Lodz, Poland
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Abstract

Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in 16q appears in ~20-30% cases of Wilms' tumor. Within this region, known as common fragile site FRA16D, the WWOX tumor suppressor gene is located. Abnormalities of WWOX gene expression levels were observed in many tumor types and were associated with worse prognosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the WWOX tumor suppressor gene in Wilms' tumor samples. We evaluated the correlation between expression of WWOX and genes involved in proliferation (Ki67), apoptosis (BCL2, BAX), signal transduction (ERBB4, ERBB2, EGFR), cell cycle (CCNE1, CCND1), cell adhesion (CDH1) and transcription (TP73) using real-time RT-PCR in 23 tumor samples. We also analyzed the potential causes of WWOX gene expression reduction i.e., promoter methylation status (MethylScreen method) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) status. We revealed a positive correlation between WWOX expression and BCL2, BCL2/BAX ratio, EGFR, ERBB4 isoform JM-a, TP73 and negative correlation with both cyclins. Loss of heterozygosity of the WWOX gene was observed only at intron 8, however, it had no influence on the reduction of its expression levels. Contrary to LOH, methylation of the region covering the 3' end of the promoter and part of exon 1 was associated with statistically significant reduction of WWOX gene expression levels. In the present study we reveal that in Wilms' tumors the WWOX expression levels are positively associated with the process of apoptosis, signal transduction through the ErbB4 pathway and EGFR and negatively with the regulation of the cell cycle (by cyclin E1 and D1). Moreover, our analysis indicates that in this type of tumor the expression of the WWOX gene can be regulated by an epigenetic mechanism - its promoter methylation.
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Płuciennik E, Nowakowska M, Wujcicka WI, Sitkiewicz A, Kazanowska B, Zielińska E and Bednarek AK: Genetic alterations of WWOX in Wilms' tumor are involved in its carcinogenesis. Oncol Rep 28: 1417-1422, 2012.
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Płuciennik, E., Nowakowska, M., Wujcicka, W.I., Sitkiewicz, A., Kazanowska, B., Zielińska, E., & Bednarek, A.K. (2012). Genetic alterations of WWOX in Wilms' tumor are involved in its carcinogenesis. Oncology Reports, 28, 1417-1422. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1940
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Płuciennik, E., Nowakowska, M., Wujcicka, W. I., Sitkiewicz, A., Kazanowska, B., Zielińska, E., Bednarek, A. K."Genetic alterations of WWOX in Wilms' tumor are involved in its carcinogenesis". Oncology Reports 28.4 (2012): 1417-1422.
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Płuciennik, E., Nowakowska, M., Wujcicka, W. I., Sitkiewicz, A., Kazanowska, B., Zielińska, E., Bednarek, A. K."Genetic alterations of WWOX in Wilms' tumor are involved in its carcinogenesis". Oncology Reports 28, no. 4 (2012): 1417-1422. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1940
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Płuciennik, E., Nowakowska, M., Wujcicka, W.I., Sitkiewicz, A., Kazanowska, B., Zielińska, E., & Bednarek, A.K. (2012). Genetic alterations of WWOX in Wilms' tumor are involved in its carcinogenesis. Oncology Reports, 28, 1417-1422. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1940
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Płuciennik, E., Nowakowska, M., Wujcicka, W. I., Sitkiewicz, A., Kazanowska, B., Zielińska, E., Bednarek, A. K."Genetic alterations of WWOX in Wilms' tumor are involved in its carcinogenesis". Oncology Reports 28.4 (2012): 1417-1422.
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Płuciennik, E., Nowakowska, M., Wujcicka, W. I., Sitkiewicz, A., Kazanowska, B., Zielińska, E., Bednarek, A. K."Genetic alterations of WWOX in Wilms' tumor are involved in its carcinogenesis". Oncology Reports 28, no. 4 (2012): 1417-1422. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2012.1940
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